House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., and other House GOP leaders, meets with reporters following a closed-door strategy session, on Capitol Hill in Washington AP

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., and other House GOP leaders, meets with reporters following a closed-door strategy session, on Capitol Hill in Washington AP

So, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was asked at a news conference, what does that mean?

"Well," he said, "When you look at "Obamacare," what you see is a government-centered health care delivery system. That's not what the American people want.

"The American people want to be able to pick their own type of health insurance; they want to be able to pick their own doctor; they want to be able to pick their own hospital. That's what a patient-centered health care system looks like."

Asked if that was likely to come to a vote next year, Boehner said, "We'll see."

The most withering criticism of Obamacare came from Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.

"At this point, one has to ask, what else are they hiding?" he asked. "You know, while the White House wants to claim that healthcare.gov is now working, we know that "Obamacare" is still plagued with problems.

"And every American deserves relief from it. Well, this administration has to finally come clean and explain why and how Americans are impacted by this law. This is not something that is helping Americans. It is harming those people who need help most right now."

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